Mental Health First Aid – Introduction Course
Mental Health First Aid is a program that aims to educate individuals on how to identify and respond to potential mental health and substance use disorders in their friends, family, or colleagues. The program is designed as a "lunch and learn" introduction to the full...
Return to Work & OHS Planning – Life at the Office Post Pandemic
First aid training: Please ensure first aid certificates for your first aid attendants are valid and current. Please view the training tab to see what training is available in your province. Joint OHS Committee: It is mandatory...
Why is Access to Emegency Oxygen Important?
Life-threatening medical emergencies are usually accompanied by low tissue oxygen levels (not enough oxygen supply to tissue and organs). If this progresses, the brain will begin to die first, with other organs following....
ShakeOutBC 2019
On October 17 at 10:17 a.m., millions of people worldwide will practice how to “Drop, Cover and Hold On” during Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills. British Colombians can join by registering for the 2019 Great British Columbia ShakeOut. register for the...
How to Choose A First Aid Kit
Province regulations specify minimum requirements that employers must meet and the contents of the first aid kit at work should be guided by the first aid needs assessment completed by your OHS team. Your OHS department knows the workplace better than anybody else and...
Should you have emergency oxygen in the workplace?
While emergency oxygen may not mandatory in the workplace; when EMS first responders arrive at a major event the first thing they do is give oxygen. Having emergency oxygen on hand prepares you to turn an life altering emergency event into a lifesaving situation....